The Golden Dawn's 'Nationalist Solution": Explaining the Rise of the Far Right
in Greece
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Speakers/Authors
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Daphne Halikiopoulou and Sofia Vasilopoulou
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Discussant
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Othon Anastasakis
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Chair
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Professor Kevin Featherstone
Hellenic Observatory Director
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Date
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Thursday, 14 May 2015
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Venue
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Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
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Time
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18:30-20:00
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What explains the dramatic rise of the extreme, ultranationalist Golden Dawn in a country that has experienced Nazi invasion and a military dictatorship? This book places the rise of the Golden Dawn in the context of the Eurozone crisis and argues that its rise is not merely the product of economic malaise. Rather, the success of the Golden Dawn is dependent on the extent to which it was able to propound plausible solutions to the three sets of crises - economic, political and ideological - that culminated in an overall crisis of democracy in Greece. The authors argue that much of the party's success can be attributed to its strategic choice to tap into the widespread disillusionment of the Greek
people by offering them a 'nationalist solution': a rhetoric that emphasizes the twin fascist myths of social decadence and national rebirth.
Photography supplied courtesy of Antonios Fiala- A.Fiala@lse.ac.uk